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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26840639 - 07/23/20 01:11 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Any spawn will work, PE is just like other cubes in every way except it takes longer to fruit.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: A.k.a]
#26842409 - 07/24/20 10:27 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Update: tub is looking awesome!
This was the tub yesterday:

And this is it today:

Does this look like everything is on track? Still figuring out how to tell if it has the right airflow and moisture, haven't been misting or fanning it for a few days and just left it.
I also have another tub of PF classic that looks like it's ready to fruit (I think)

This second tub has been colonising for 9 days in a cupboard. I've loosened the polyfill to about half what I had while in the cupboard and moved it onto a north windowsill.
Also I just inoculated 1 bag with PE and one with Treasure Coast.
Will report on a separate thread if/when I have progress.
Thanks for the help thus far.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26842441 - 07/24/20 10:46 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looks alright to me. It’s crazy when they hit that growth spurt.
Pf classic took forever to pin for me. Idk if it’s normal or not. Mine were real short fat and ugly lol. And the densest shrooms I’ve ever had by far.
These all dried to 2-3g each.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: A.k.a]
#26842495 - 07/24/20 11:19 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Woah those look chunky.
I've made a second thread for my PF Classic grow with more detail on the steps. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=26842472&page=0&vc=#26842472
Any idea how long from here it should be to harvest?
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26843016 - 07/24/20 04:19 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hey
Couple of questions:
Is the fuzz around the bottom of the mushrooms anything to be worried about? Is this fuzzy feet?

Do I need to change anything?
Secondly, I noticed a couple of parches like this that seem like they dried out, is that the case?

See the middle of the photo, the slightly yellow patch.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26844179 - 07/25/20 08:23 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah just slightly fuzzy feet.
That little spot does look dried out. You will be surprised how ugly a sub gets after the first flush is harvested. If it was fairly dense anyway the whole sub will be a brown mess that doesn't hold glistening beads of water any longer lol.
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Ah right.
So my understanding is that fuzzy feet is a result of not enough FAE. Is that the case? So I remove some poly or is it something else? Thanks
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26844352 - 07/25/20 10:08 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I wouldn't even call those fuzzy feet really, they look fine. There's almost always some myc at the base of the stems. Some in the 2nd picture have a little more fuzz but still okay.
If it seems to be increasing then I might loosen the poly a bit but I don't think it's a big deal.
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Well, we have some harvesting to do!


I understand the ones with the black veil that's dropped are ready to harvest. I'd also like to collect some spores from these, do I pick ones that the veil hasn't broken or can I use the ones that have?
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26844479 - 07/25/20 11:42 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Niiice. Any of those with open caps are ready for printing. Even if one has already started dropping spores you can get plenty from it. They will keep dropping for a while.
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Cool.
Harvest all the open and some of the big ones that look like they’re about to open. Got 261 grams for about half the container

They’re in the dehydrator now. It runs at 160f, my understanding is that heat losing potency isn’t a thing now and that level of heat is fine.
How long do you run the dehydrator for?
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26844754 - 07/25/20 02:34 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Depends on shroom size, how full it is and your climate. Usually 12-24 hours.
I have like zero humidity so small and medium ones will be done in four hours but thick ones still take 15-20.
When you think they’re done weigh them and then put them back in for another couple hours and weigh again. If they stayed the same they were done the first time if they lost weight you gotta keep going.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: A.k.a]
#26844771 - 07/25/20 02:53 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's a little more humid where I'm at so I pretty much always go 24 hours. Sometimes I'll stop around 20 if I need to start another batch.
I usually end up starting the run in the evening, I'll weigh a few of the bigger mushrooms in the morning after about 10-12 hours and then go to work. When I come home the big ones have often lost .1 - .3 g in weight during the 9-10 hours I'm gone.
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I do the same thing a lot of times, throw them in before bed.
This fucker I just picked last week holds the record for longest drying time. Like 30 hours. I didn’t split it and so it ended up drying into a shell with a wet middle. I thought PE took too long to dry until this thing.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: A.k.a]
#26844782 - 07/25/20 03:00 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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That's Pf classic? That is a dense specimen my friend. Do you remember what it dried to?
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Yeah man the whole tub was like that. I think it was like 5.8 dry.
Even these little ones were all 22-30g wet.

They dried out to perfect bite size doses lol.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: A.k.a]
#26847475 - 07/27/20 09:28 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well, first harvest done

670g wet, 60g dried! 🥳
Here's the tub:

There are still some small pins from the first flush, and some blue bits on the base/stalk, anything to worry about? Should I leave them or remove?
Now, I've read various people dunk after the first flush to rehydrate the substrate, but others just mist a whole bunch.
Any advice on which I should do? Can I dunk by just pouring a cup of water down the sides of the substrate between that and the lining and letting it soak it up, repeat until no longer soaking up? Or should I submerge entirely? Or neither?
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26847713 - 07/27/20 11:24 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Submerging usually gets the job done better, but I use shoeboxes with no lining. Tubs with lining, IDK, it might get messy. Most people judge by weight, how much rehydrating is needed. If it's lost a lot of weight, even repeated misting is not going to be enough.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: Brian Jones]
#26847806 - 07/27/20 12:20 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok, I might try putting some water down the side. I've boiled some water and let it cool so will try that and see how it goes.
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Re: First Grow & Monotub Questions [Re: uketernity]
#26875038 - 08/11/20 12:33 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I ended up dunking for 2 hours after my first flush and got a second flush of 37g vs 60g dry for the first flush.
Should I re-dunk after the 2nd flush?
I also tried them out last weekend, they're not super strong, although I did consume roughly 5-6g in about 2g doses over 6 hours and had a fun trip, but not a 6g level rocket to the moon trip. My understanding is that psychedelics don't really "stack up" if you take more after a certain point. Does anyone have any advice on this?
Thanks
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